Fine Gael official’s expression of apology was far from unreserved

So there’s this little oul’ wan on the beach, it being summer when the event happens. She is elderly and small, so it is perfectly fair to describe her as a little oul’ wan. 

She is also a grandmother, accompanied, on this visit to the strand, by her toddler grandson, who is, perhaps, two years of age.

No other members of the family are present.